Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Producers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario […] Read more
Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50
Ontario beef checkoff increases $1.50 with strong farmer support
A proposal that failed last year to boost marketing funds passed at this year’s BFO annual meeting
Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide marketing effort for Ontario beef. Farmers at the Beef Farmers of Ontario […] Read more
Corn committee launches corn DON testing
The voluntary program will inoculate corn hybrids at two locations in the province
The Ontario corn committee is requesting seed companies enter their current and new hybrids in newly created inoculated trials for susceptibility to DON. The committee says the voluntary trials will […] Read more
Researchers zero in on farm level food waste
It’s harder to track and even harder to fix than waste higher in the value chain
A first-of-its-kind Canadian study has found that there’s more food loss at the production level than previously thought. The “Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste” study found that 24 per cent […] Read more
Canadian farmers by birth and education
Recent Statistics Canada releases show that Dutch farmers continue to choose Canada as a destination
Statistics Canada has recently linked the 2016 Census of Agriculture data with household data to come up with several demographic portraits of Canadian farmers. Here is a look at what […] Read more
Farm households earning more – but is it coming from the farm?
Changes in farm structure and rural opportunities have boosted the income of Canadians who live on farms
Canadian farm family incomes have pulled ahead of other Canadian households by a large margin, but it may have more to do with off-farm revenue sources than it does higher […] Read more
Editorial: Healthy farm households
Statistics Canada says that farm households are doing much better than they did a generation or two ago. And that’s something to celebrate. Our cover story in our Feb. 11 […] Read more
Cameras provide base for dairy automation and monitoring
Dairy Focus: Companies are using the cameras to measure everything from feed intake to body condition
Cameras are helping attach milking machines to teats, monitor body condition score, heats and feed consumption on dairy farms, making it one of the base technologies of the dairy data […] Read more
Ontario government appealing animal welfare enforcement ruling
The ruling gave the government a year to create greater transparency around animal welfare enforcement
The Ontario government is appealing the court ruling that give it a year to sort out a way to make animal welfare enforcement in Ontario more accountable. The Jan. 2, […] Read more
General manager out at Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Graham Lloyd had been the general manager for almost two years
Graham Lloyd is out as the general manager of Dairy Farmers of Ontario. The organization confirmed to Farmtario that Lloyd is no longer with the DFO as of Jan. 31. […] Read more
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